11.01.12

Why might GOP Presidential nominee Mitt Romney pass up a golden chance to brag to the nation about how many sports franchise owners he’s buddies with? I can’t say for sure, but I suspect it’s because Romney — like all thoughtful Americans — would do anything in his power to avoid an association, however fleeting, with Mike Golic (above). From USA Today’s Michael Heistand :
ESPN is trying to nail down appearances from the presidential campaigns on Mike & Mike in the Morning on Monday or Tuesday.

But, says Vince Doria, ESPN vice president for news, there is at least one last-minute complication. While both presidential candidates are scheduled for afternoon interviews with Chris Berman Monday that will appear on tape during ESPN’s Philadelphia-New Orleans game on Monday Night Football, the Romney campaign would prefer that vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan — not Romney — would appear on Mike & Mike on either the day before the election or Election Day itself.

“But it’s very much up in the air,” says Doria. “We’re at the mercy of the campaigns.”